Voting hours order doesn't end debate

'We haven't heard the last of it'

12:32 AM,
Aug. 17, 2012

People displeased with the plan pack a Hamilton County Board of Elections meeting.

Written by

Barry M. Horstman

Dissatisfied that a statewide plan for early absentee voting includes no weekend hours, Democrats, labor leaders and voting rights groups on Thursday pressed for expansion of that schedule - and warned that the issue may ultimately be resolved in court.

The day after Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted ordered all 88 county boards of elections to stay open for limited extra evening hours in October, about 150 people rallied outside the Hamilton County Board of Elections and later jammed a meeting room to demand even more hours, particularly on weekends.